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12 Candidates for Masterships have been examined, ten of whom have been found to possess the qualifications necessary to conduct either small country schools or those of a superior grade. It is a matter of congratulation that there appears to be every probability that the District Schools of the Province will, for the future, contribute in some degree to the future maintenance of an efficient staff of Teachers. Two out of the twelve candidates above-mentioned, received the greater part of their education at one of the Ordinary Schools aided by the Board. One was found to be capable of holding an Assistant Mastership, or of conducting a small country school, and although the attainments of the other were not in a sufficiently forward state to justify a certificate of competency being granted to him, yet the Board cannot but view with pleasure the indication thus offered, of a tendency on the part of Scholars trained in the Province to offer themselves as candidates for positions which have as yet been filled entirely by persons educated elsewhere.
The amount of books, maps, and apparatus disposed of out of the Educational Depot during the past year, is valued at £345 6s.
The Board has, according to its usual practice, expended a small sum of money in the distribution of prizes to the most deserving of the Scholars attending the Ordinary Schools. The names of the children to whom these prizes have been awarded, will be found in the Appendix.
HENRY JOHN TANCRED,
Chairman.
31st March, 1868.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
(QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1867.)
SUMMARY REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS.
To the Honorable H. J. Tancred, Chairman.
Sir,—I have the honour, in obedience to your instructions, to submit a Tabular Summary of the Quarterly Returns, and a Schedule as to the efficiency of the Schools examined, both for the quarter ending March, 1867.
I regret that, owing to the non-arrival of the returns from some Schools, and to the inaccurate state in which others have been sent in, I am unable to complete the Tabular Summary, and to ascertain the totals for the quarter.
It will be seen from the Schedule as to the efficiency of Schools examined, that the number of Schools examined during the quarter has been 33, including 1080 children. The interruption of the Schools by harvest and holidays, and the full occupation of my time in the office and depot in the earlier part of the quarter, has not permitted the examination of a greater number.
A few of the more important Schools omitted up to March 31st, were examined early in April, including the Christchurch, St. Michael’s, Wesleyan, and St. Luke’s Schools.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 20A
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🎓 Summary Report of Inspector of Schools
🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceEducation, Schools, Quarterly Returns, Efficiency
- H. J. Tancred, Chairman